Improvement in padlocks



melted @Q5/'tetes vented certain new and useful Improvements in Riug- 'a bolt in the lock; but they have been so readily that account, while otherwise they are-desirable.

hasp, with a 'sprngbolt shooting in between the ends ofthe segment to lock it iu a solid case, and encircling,

key-space, as will be explained. I

case may be said to `be solid.

the keypod of the key F passes, 'and which directs Jos-urn'Ineens or MILTON, IND-IANA Letters Patent No. 105,691, dated July 26,1870.

Y IMPROVEMENT IN' SPADLOCKS.

To all whomlt't may. concern Be it known that I, JOSEPHV INGELs, of Milton, in the county of.Wayue andStat-e of Indiana, have in.;

hasp Padlocks; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference `being had to the accompanyingdrawings making a part of this speeiiica'tionfin which- Figure l represents a viewot' the lock complete. Figure 2 represents a section through the lock-case, leaving the hasp, bolt, aud'springvuncut. l `Figure 3 represents a section through the lock, taken at the line :t yet. fig. l. l 'i Figure 4represents the key of the lock. l

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the separate gures, denote like` parts of the lock iu all cases.

I am aware that ariug-hasp hasbeen heretofore used in padlocks, which ring-hasp hasfbeen locked by opened by drivipg a wedge iu between the hasp and the 1ock-case as` to he of little or no importance on I do not, therefore, claiix1 a 'rii1gliasp. v -My invention consists iny a out orsegmental ringor nearly so, the bolt, spring,'tumbler, keypiu,'and

To enable others skilled in the' art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describethe same with reference to the drawings.'

The lock-case A is made in two 4parts or sections,- and almost entirely of solidlmetal, there being only a circular opening for the ring-hasp B tomove'in, aud a curved recess for the bolt O and the spring D behind it. There is, moreover, a veryshallow recess, E, in which vthe key-bit can turn,`but beyond these the Thereris a key-stud, a, set iu the lock, over which the key in its movement.

A'.llhere is also a'stop, b, in the case, which serves- `two purposes, viz: If the key should be turned the wrong way, it prevents it from reaching the tumbler or projection Ac on the looking-bolt at all, aud'so could not disarrangethe lock; and, secondly, when the key is turned in the right way, it stops it at a point thatindicates that the bolt is moved back, and at which point the key will stand and hold the bolt back when f necessary to do so.

When, however, the bolt is moved back, andthe ring-hasp -slightly turned in either directioxnit will itseliholdvthe bolt back until the ope-ning inthe ring cornesopposite the bolt, when, of course, its spring will shootit' into said opening and lock the hasp.

l The opening or cut-away portion e of the ring is but little larger than thc bolt C, and the general arrangement is sodevised that if afwezige or force be appliedunder the hasp to force open the lock, that force or pressure does not come' upon the bolt G, but upon the solid metal of the 1ockcase. When the hasp is cut outror gainedto make a keeper for the holt, it weakens the hasp very much.

`By leaving a portion of the ring open, as at e, the bolt can shoot into that opening without'cutting gaius or recesses.

upon the ring-hasp to force the lock shall come uponl thej solidv uletaltof the lock-case and no't upon the spring bolt, for the purpose vand in the manner set forth.v

JOSEPH INGELS.

Witnesses y A. B. STOUGHTQN, EDMUND Masson. 

